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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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